The battle between Good and evil continues. Princess Leia has been taken captive by a charismatic and ruthless warlord bent on destroying the New Republic. Luke is traped on a strange planet where the Force is his worst enemy. And as Han, Chewie, and Lando race to their rescue, a strange Life-form, unlike any the Galaxy has seen, awakens...a life form so malevolent it will destroy everything-Both Empire and New Republic-on its path to domination.